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SERIES –C

1. Which one is incorrect regarding sustainable


development?

A) The development that meets the needs of the


present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.

B) Economic development refers to the flew of


goods and services in the economy for a long
period of time only.

C) It is the practice of developing land and construction


projects in a manner that reduces their impact on the
environment by allowing them to create energy
efficient models of self-sufficiency.

D) To conserve natural resources and to develop


alternate sources of power while reducing pollution and
harm to the environment.

2- Sustainable Development Goals and targets are to


be achieved by:

A) 2020

B) 2025

C) 2030

D) 2050

3- Which one of the following is not a part of a strategy


of direct attack on poverty?

A) Integrated Rural Development Programme


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B) Family Planning Programme

C) National Rural Employment Programme

D) Jawahar Rojgar Yojna

4- Over the years, the government has been following


approach/es to reduce poverty in India:

1) Specific poverty alleviation programmers.

2) Growth oriented development.

3) Meeting the minimum using the codes given below:-

A) 1 and 3 only

B) 1 and 2 only

C) 2 and 3 only

D) 1,2 and 3 all.

5- Poverty Gap reflects:

A) Gap in infrastructural facilities between developed


nations and developing nations

B) The difference between poverty line and actual


income level of all those living below that line.

C) Gap between developed Nations and developing


nations

D) Gap between the rich people and the poor people.

6- NITI Aayog’s Action Agenda for enhancing digital


connectivity is based on :
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1) Developing software for services that be provided


digitally.

2) Enhancing digital infrastructure.

3) Empowering citizens digitally select the correct


answer using the codes given below:

A) 1 and 2 only

B) 1 and 3 only.

C) 2 and 3 only

D) 1,2 and 3 Only

7:- Which of the following is not an indicator of


economically underdeveloped countries?

A) Low per capita income.

B) High rate of population growth

C) Low proportion of labour force in the primary


sector

D) High level of illiteracy.

8- What is/are the objectives of Competition


Commission of India ( CCI)?

1) To ensure freedom of trade carried on by other


participants in markets in India.

2) To protect the interests of consumers


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3) To promote and sustain competition in Markets.

4) to prevent practices having an adverse effect on


competition.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

A) 1,2 and 4 only

B) 1,2 and 3 only.

C) 2,3 and 4 only

D) 1,2,3 and 4 all.

9- which year is known as the year of demographic


divide?

A) 1901

B) 1911

C) 1921

D) 1931

10- The Total fertility rate is:

A) The birth of women divided by the total female


population

B) The number of births divided by the total population

C) The number of children a woman will likely


bear in her lifetime

D) The births to women of a given gage divided by the


total number of women at that age.
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11- The National Food Security Mission ( NFSM) aims to


enhance the production of:

1) Pulses

2) Vegetables

3) Rice

4) wheat

5) Fruits

6) Coarse cereals

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

A) 1, 2,3 and 4 only.

B) 1,3,4 and 6 only.

C) 2,4,5 and 6 only.

D) 3,4,5 and 6 only.

12- Which of the following schemes aims at creating


300 rural clusters across india to strengthen financial ,
job and lifestyle facilities in rural areas?

A) Standup India

B) Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Grameen kaushal Yojna

C) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission

D) Skill India

13- Which of the following concentrations of Ozone in


ambient is considered good?
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A) upto 0.06 ppm

B) upto 0.18 ppm

C) upto 0.15 ppm

D) upto 0.20 ppm.

14- The intensity of a normal conversation in decibel is


between:

A) 30-35

B) 60-80

C) 35-60

D) 70-80

15- The impacts by construction of dams and reservoirs


include all, except:

A) Loss of flora and fauna

B) reservoir induced seismicity

C) water borne diseases

D) desertification

16- which of the following processes does not occur in


the water cycle?

A) condensation

B) infiltration

C) evaporation

D) composition
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17- Match List-1 and List 2 and choose the correct


answer from the codes given below:

List-1

1) Appiko Movement

2) Narmada Bachao Andolan

3) People for Animals

4) Resurrection of Kali Bein Rivulet

List-2

1) Maneka Gandhi

2) Appu and Mamtha

3) Balbir Singh Seechewal

4) Medha Patkar

Codes:

1) 2) 3) 4)

A) (1) (2) (3) (4)

B) (1) (2) (4) (3)

C) (4) (3) (2) (1)

D) (2) (4) (1) (3)

18- Match the items given in column 1 and column 2


and choose the correct answer from the codes given
below:

Column-1
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(P) The Montreal Protocol

(Q) The Paris Agreement

(R) The Rio Summit

( S) First UN IPCC Conference

Column- 2

1) 1992

2) 1995

3) 1987

4) 2015

Codes:

(P) (Q) (R) (S)

A) (1) (2) (3) (4)

B) (2) (3) (1) (4)

C) (3) (4) (1) (2)

D) (4) ( 3) (2) (1)

19- Which of the following is not derived from wild


cabbage?

A) Brocoli

B) Cauliflower

C) Kohrabi

D) Spinach
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20- Which of the following scientists is associated with


the theory of natural selection during evolution of life?

A) Mendel

B) Darwin

c) Haldane

D) Miller

21- In which of the following conditions bio-gas is


produced?

A) Presence of oxygen

B) Action of aerobic Microorganisms

c) Action of anaerobic microorganisms

D) Presence of fertilizers

22- Why do ventricles have thicker muscular walls than


atria?

A) Ventricles receive oxygen –rich blood than atria

B) Ventricles have to pump blood into various


organs

C) Atria have to pump blood into various organs

D) Ventricles first receives blood from the various


organs

23. Which of the following is not a reflex action?

A) Breathing

B) Heart pumping
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C) Salivation

D) Movement of Hand

24- Which part of the brain maintains posture and


equilibrium of the body?

A) Fore- brain

B) Mid- brain

C) Hind- Brain

D) Spinal cord

25- What is the color of Litmus solution when it is


neither acidic nor basic?

A) Red

B) Yellow

C) Blue

D) Purple

26- Which of the following statements is not correct?

A) All bases are soluble in water

B) All bases do not dissolve in water

C) An alkali is a base that dissolves in water.

D) Bases generate hydroxide ( OH-) ions in water.

27 – What does’p’ represent in pH?

A) Potential

B) Property
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C) Power

D) Potenz

28- Which of the following does not represent refractive


defect of vision?

A) Myopia

B) Hypermetropia

C) Presbyopia

D) Cataract

29- During dispersion of white light by the glass prism,


which of the following light of the spectrum bends the
most?

A) Blue

b) Violet

C) Indigo

D) Red

30- Which of the following phenomena is responsible


for twinkling of stars?

A) Reflection of starlight

B) Refraction of starlight

C) Dispersion of starlight

D) Tyndall effect.
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31- In which year Swiss envoy W.P. Blazer put up a


sign board, which formally and officially, declared
Khajjiar as ‘ Mini Switzerland’?

A) 7th July, 1992

B) 1st Oct, 1975

C) 10th March , 19

D) 8th June, 1990

32- Match List-1 and List-2 and select the correct


answer from the codes given below-

List-1

1) Kiara-dum Valley

2) Balh valley

3) Kangra Valley

4) Bara Bhangal valley

List- 2

a) Dhauladhar and Shivalik Range

b) Markanda and Dharti Ranges

c) Shimla Ridege and Shivalik Hills

d) Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal Ranges

Codes:

(1) (2) (3) (4)

A) (b) (d) (a) (c)


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B) (b) (c) (a) (d)

C) (b) (a) (c) (d)

D) (d) (c) (b) (a)

33- Which of the following Himalayan Zone has the


highest 36± percentage of total geographical area of
H.P?

A) Trans Himalayan Zone

B) Sub- Himalayan Zone

C) Lower Himalayan Zone

D) Higher Himalayan Zone

34- ‘Chola and Dora’ are the popular traditional dress


of which of the following tribes?

A) Swangla

B) Kinnaura

C) Gaddi

D) Khampa

35- Match List-1 and List- 2 and select the correct


answer from the codes given below:

List-1

1) Swangla

2) Gaddi

3) Khampa

4) Pangwal
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List-2

a) Pith – Chuk or Chori

b) Phaktum or Phanktum

C) Jhanjrara

d) Rusa-te- byah

codes:

1) 2) 3) 4)

A) (d) (c) ( b) (a)

B) (d) (b) (c) (a)

C) (d) (a) (b) (c)

D) (a) (b) (c) (d)

36- In’Vayu Pruana’ the following tribe is said to be the


inhabitants of ‘Mahand Mountains’?

A) Pangwal

B) Lahaulas

C) Gaddi

D) Kinnauras

37- Out of total 55673 sq.km. geographical area of


H.P. , what is the area, which falls in scheduled area?

A) 23655 sq.km.

B) 12970 sq. km.


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C) 17755 sq. km.

D) 32555 sq. km.

38- Which is the earliest specimen of ‘Nagara design’


found in H.P.?

A) Bajaura Temple

B) Baijnath Temple

c) Jwala Mukhi Temple

D) Masrur Temple

39- The ‘Basholi School of Painting ‘ came into


prominence from the time of:

A) Raja Kirpal Pal

B) Raja Amrit Pal

C) Raja Udai singh

D) Raja Goverdhan Chand

40- Which of the following national parks/sanctuaries of


H.P. occupies 1171 sq. km. of area?

A) Pin Valley National Park

B) The Great Himalayan National Park

c) Renuka Sanctury.

D) Manali Sanctury

41- The Govt. of H.P. has changed the name of ‘Kanya


Sashaktikaran and Kalyan Board Himachal pradesh’ to
that of:
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A) Mahila Kalyan Board

B) Mahila Sashaktikaran Board, H.P.

C) Saksham Gudia Board, H.P.

D) Saksham Kanya Board of H.P.

42- The stone inscriptions found in the Chamba region


have mostly been written in which script?

A) Bhotia or Tibetan

B) Sharda and Tankri

C) Kharoshti and Brahmi

D) Nagri and Kutil

43- Who was the signatory for East India Company in


the Treaty of Sugauli?

A) Major Mcleod

B) Lt. Col. Thompson

C) Lt. Col. Paris Bradshaw

D) Major General David ochterlony.

44- ‘Lanji’, ‘Saro’ and ‘Ranjnagar’ in Chamba district


are the centres for development of the following:

A) Apple

B) Kinnoo

C) Olive

D) Apricot
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45- What amount of hydro-power has been harnessed


out of 2743MW identified potential in H.P.?

A) 9230 MW

B) 8941 MW

C) 10519 MW

D) 12415 MW

46- Under which scheme all women in the age group of


10 to 75 years, living below poverty line are covered,
in case of their death or disability?

A) Matri Shakti Bima Yojna

B) Janani Suraksha Yojna

C) Beti Bachao Yojna

D) P.M. Matri Vandana Yojna

47- Which of the following has been declared as public


service by State Govt. under H.P. Public Service
Guarantee Act, 2011.?

A) Kisan Credit Card

B) Organic Farming

C) Soil Testing

D) Seed Certification Programme

48 – Arrange the following with its correct combination


and accordingly give answer as per codes given below:

List-1
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1) Gaiety Theatre

2) Kalka – Shimla Railway

3) Satyakam

4) Old Shimla Bank

List- 2

a) Samual Evans Stokes

b) Mortimer Durand

c) H.S.Harrington

d) Henry Irwin

e) Messors Barrett & Co.

Codes:

1) 2) 3) 4)

A) (a) (c) (d) (e)

B) (b) (e) (c) (d)

C) (d) (c) (a) (e)

D) (d) (c) (e) (b)

49-‘Black Nude’ , ‘Sitting Nude’ and ‘Young Girls’ are


some of the famous works of which artist?

A) Amrita Pritam

B) Amrita Shergil

C) Norah Richards
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D) Sobha Singh

50- The important decision to invade Afghanistan in


1938 and after four years the same decision was
criticized at Shimla by the British was taken in the:

A) Kennedy House

B) Auckland House

C) U.S.Club

D) The Revenswood

51- Who has been awarded 2018 Einstein Prize?

A) Abhay Ashtekar

B) Peter Bergmanan

c) John Wheelar

D) William Nordhaus

52- ‘eDrishti ‘ software is launched to facilitate:

A) Prime Minister to monitor implementation of policies

B) To help railway minister to keep track of


punctuality of trains

C) To help Home Minister to watch law and order


problems

D) To Help soldiers on border for night vision

53- Which of the following won the Fields Medal in


Mathematics?

A) Akshay Venkatesh
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B) Cauchae Birkar

C) Peter Scholze

D) All of the above.

54- In 2018, which of the following has been awarded


Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

A) George Smith

B) France Arnold

C) Greg Winter

D) All of the above.

55- Who is appointed as Chairman, Competition


Commission of India?

A ) Arvind Saxena

B) Ashok Kumar Gupta

c) S.S. Deswal

D) Sanjay Mishra

56- Which state in India was given FAO’s Future Policy


Award, 2018 for its 100% organic state?

A) Goa

B) Assam

C) Sikkim

d) Tripura

57- What is QUAD?


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A) It is an informal mechanism between


India,USA, Australia and Japan for the security in
Pacific Regions.

B) It is formal organization of India, USA, Japan and


Australia for Global Security.

c) It is quadrilateral security dialogue between India,


USA, Vietnam and Japan.

D) None of the Above.

58- What is Blue economy?

A) It is the high growth rate economy.

B) It is sustainable use of ocean resources for


economic growth

C) It is low growth rate economy

D) It is economy not sustainable for longer period.

59- ASI is undertaking renovation of which three


temple groups in Vietnam?

A) Angkor Wat

B) My Son Temple

C) Ananda Temple

D) To Prohm Temple

60- Where is the Nongkrem dance festival being


celebrated?
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A) Mizoram

B) Tripura

C) Meghalaya

D) Arunachal Pradesh

61-Who has been awarded 2018, Indira Gandhi Prize


for peace, Disarmament and Development ?

A) Manmohan singh

B) UN High Commission for refugees ( UNHCR)

C) Indian Space Research Organisation( ISRO)

D) Centre for Science and Environment( CSE)

62- What is the theme of International Energy Agency’s


publication- World Energy Outlook, 2018?

A) Nuclear energy

B) Solar energy

c) Electricity

D) Hydropower

63- What is the name of first microprocessor developed


by IIT, Madras?

A) Shakti

B) Speed

C) Atal

D) Bharat
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64-Recently USA announced its withdrawal form INF


treaty with Russia. When was this treaty signed?

A) 1977

B) 1987

C) 1981

D) 1975

65-What do you mean by Mariculture?

A) It is a specialized branch of Aquaculture

B) It involves cultivation of massive plants and


animals.

C) It is related to water bodies having tidal influences

D) All of the above

66- Which are the projects selected by World Economic


Forum to be launched as Centre for Fourth Industrial
Revolution in India?

A) Drones

B) Blockchain

C) Artificial Intelligence

D) All of the above.

67 – Where is Banni Grassland situated?

A) Gujarat

B) Maharashrta

C) Rajasthan
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D) Himachal Pradesh

68- Match List-1 and List-2 and give correct answer


with the help of codes given below:

List -1

(Country)

1) France

2) USA

3) South Africa

4) UK

List – 2

( Time Zone)

1) 11

2) 12

3) 09

4) 02

Codes:

1) 2) 3) 4)

A) (1) ( 2) (1) (2)

B) (3) (4) (2) (4)

C) (2) (1) (4) (3)

D) (4) (3) (3) (1)


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69- UN observes which day as International Rural


Women’s Day?

A) 8 March

B) 2 October

C) 15 October

D) 10 December

70- “ Bathukamma” festival is related to:

A) It is floral festival of Telangana.

B) New south Wales Parliament, Sydeny celebrated this


for the first time

C) It means- ‘Mother Goddess come Alive’

D) All of the above.

71- who propounded the idea of Partyless democracy?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru

B) Veer Savarkar

C) Indira Gandhi

D) Jai Prakash Narayan

72- By Which Act an element of election was


introduced in India for the first time?

A) Indian council Act, 181.


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B) Indian Council Act, 1892.

C) Government of India Act, 1902

D) Government of India Act, 1919

73- Match the items in List-1 and List-2 and select the
correct answer from the codes given below-

List01

a) Drain of wealth theory

b) Swaraj as my birth right

c) Separate Communal electorate

d) Entry into legislation

List- 2

1) C.R. Das

2) Moh. Ali Jinnah

3) B.G. Tilak

4) Dadabhai Naoroji

5) Subhash Chandra Bose

Codes:

A) B) C) d)

A) (4) (5) (3) (2)

B) (3) (4) (1) (2)


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C) (4) (3) (2) (1)

D) (2) (5) (3) (4)

74- March List-1 with List-2 and identify the correct


answer form the codes given below:

List-1

(1) Formation of Village Panchayat.

(2) Uniform Civil Code.

(3) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

(4) Separation of Judiciary from Executive.

List- 2

(1) Article 50

(2) Article 48

(3) Article 40

(4) Article 44

Codes:

(1) (2) (3) (4)

A) (3) (4) ( 2) (1)

B) (4) (3) (2) (1)


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C) (2) (3) (1) (4)

D) (1) (2) (3) (4)

75- What constitute definition of Money Bill under


Article 110 of Indian Constitution ?

A) The imposition, abolition, alternation in regulation of


any tax.

B) The regulation of borrowings of money.

C) The appropriation of money out of the consolidated


fund of India.

D) All of the above.

76- Under which of Indian Constitution amendment


process has been given?

A) 361

B) 364

C) 368

D) 370

77- Which of the following constitutional Amendment


Act restricted the size of the Council of Ministers to 15
per cent of the total members of the Lok Sabha?

A) 89th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2001.

B) 90th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002

C) 91st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003


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D) 93rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003

78-What is the security deposit amount which a


candidate contests election for the posts of President
and Vice- President of India has to tender?

A) Rs. 25,000 and 20,000 respectively.

B) Rs. 20,000 and 15,000 respectively.

C) Rs. 20,000 each.

D) Rs. 15,000 each.

79- Which Article of Indian Constitution mention about


President’s power of pardon?

A) Article 52

B) Article 62

C) Article 72

D) Article 82

80- Financial emergency under Article 360 has been


imposed in India in the year:

A) 1962

B) 1965

C) 1971

D) None of the above

81- Who was Taluqdar?

A) A small cultivator

B) A large Landlord
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C) Who managed religious shrines

D) Who collected the Jaziah from people

82- Which Congress Session supported the Swadeshi


and Boycott Movement for Bengal in 1905?

A) Calcutta

B) Belgaum

C) Karachi

D) Benaras

83- Who chartered the ship Komahatu Maru for taking


the Indians to Vancouver?

A) Hardit Singh( spelling mistake as his name


was Baba Gurdit Singh Sandhu)

B) Mohammad Barakatullah

C) Ram Chandra

D) Balwant Singh

84- Consider the following Governor-Generals and


arrange them in chronological order by choosing the
correct code:

1) Lord Lytton

B) Lord Curzon

3) John Lawrence

4) Lord Dufferin

Codes:
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A) (1) (2) (3) (4)

B) (1) (4) (3) (2)

C) (3) (1) (4) (2)

D) (3) ( 4) (2) (1)

85- The President of Moderate faction of Congress


Session in Lucknow( 1916) , who welcomed Tilak and
his supporters back into the congress was:

A) Ambika Charan Mazumdar

B) Annie Besant

C) Abul Kalam Azad

D) Lajpat Rai

8- As a compromise with the planters, Gandhi agreed


that they refund the money they taken illegally from
the peasants. What percentage was being refunded by
them?

A) 15%

B) 50%

C) 75%
D) 25%

87- In whose Viceroyalty, Gandhi Iaunched the


Individual Satyagraha and the Quit Movement and the
cripps Mission arrived in India ?

A) Lord Irwin
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B) Marquess of Linlithgo

C) Lord Wavell

D) Earl of Wellington

88- Who says that if the religion does not sanction


social reforms, it should be changed as it is man-
made?

A) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

B) Swami Vivekananda

C) B.G. Tilak

D) Dadabhai Naoroji

89-Which theory/ concept on “Origin of Monsoon”


states that the ‘monsoons are produced due to
differential heating of continents and ocean basins’>

A) Dynamic concept of Flohn

B) Thermal concept of Halley

C) Jet Stream Theory

D) Air Mass Theory

90- Arrange the following soil types of India from high


to low in term of percent share in total area:

a) Black soil

b) Red Soil

c) Laterite soil

d) Desert Soil
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Select the correct code:

A) (a)----(b_)----(c)----(d)

B) (a)----(c)---(b)-----(d)

C) (b)---(a)---(d)---(c)

D) (b)---(a)---(c)---(d)

91- Which of the following is the largest tribal group in


India?

A) Bhils

B) Gonds

C) Santhals

D) Tharus

Note : official ans key by HPPSC has marked


‘Gonds’ as largest tribal gropu but according to
census 2011, Bhils constitutes largest tribal
group of India.

92- which of the following pair is not correct?

A) Kalbaisakhi- West Bangal

B) Mango Dhowers – Karnataka

C) Blosson Dhower- Kerala

D) Norwester- Haryana

93- Match the forest types with their percent share in


total forest cover of india:

List-1
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a) Tropical Evergreen

b) Subtropical

c) Tropical Moist deciduous

d) Tropical dry deciduous

List-2

1) 37.0%

2) 28.8%

C) 12.1%

D) 9.5%

Select the correct code:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) (1) (3) (4) (2)

B) (3) (4) (1) (2)

C) (3) (1) (2) (4)

D) (3) (4) (2) (1)

94- Which of the following pair does not match


correctly?

A) Mahim Bay- Maharashtra

B) Kori Creek- Gujarat

c) Mal Bank- Gujareat

D) Point Calimere- Kerala


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95- Match List -1 and List 2 and select the correct


answer from the codes given below:

List 1

a) Cape Leeuwin

b) Ozark Plateau

c) Katanga Plateau

d) Kamchatka Peninsula

List 2

1) Russia

2) United States

3) Australia

4) Democratic Republic of Congo

Select the correct code:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) (2) (3) (4) (1)

B) (3) (2) (4) (1)

C) (1) (3) (4) (2)

D) (3) (2) (1) (4)

96- Match the following regions for which it is famous


for :
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a) Carajas

b) Kalgoorlie

c) Salobo

d) Haerwusu

List-2

1) Coal

2) Copper

3) Gold

4) Iron ore

Select the correct code:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) (3) (4) (1) (2)

B) (1) (2) (3) (4)

C) (4) (3) (1) (2)

D) (4) (3) (2) (1)

97- The world’s highest tides occur at which of the


following places?

A) Bat of Biscay
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B) Miami Coasts

C) Bay of Fundy

D) Ungawa Bay

98-Match the following ocean currents with which they


are named:

List- 1

a) Canary Current

b) Labrador Current

c) Agulhas Current

d) Peruvian Current

List-2

1) A Sea Coast

2) A Country

3) A Sea

4) An Island

Select the correct code:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) (1) (3) (4) (2)

B) (3) (2) (4) (1)

C) (4) (3) (2) (1)


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D) (4) (3) (1) (2)

99- Which of the following rivers does not cross


equator, tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn twice?

A) Mahi

B) Negro

C) Limpopo

D) Zaire

100- Which of the following pair does not match


correctly?

A) Malacca Strait - Andaman Sea

B) Yucatan Strait - Caribbean Sea

C) Sunda Strait - Gulf of Aden

D) Bass Strait - Tasman Sea

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